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Dee sat, spine rigid, concentrating on the smell of the wood burning in the stove rather than the new Rishi whose proximity threatened to steal her attention.
The Ophiuchus' presence was how Dee imagined a black hole might be. From afar, you could gaze in wonder at the majesty and destructive nature of the thing, but up close, the event horizon would override any control, sucking you to your doom.
Curious awe fast faded to annoyance. She didn't like his effect on her. She had enough trouble maintaining a modicum of control over her life, she didn't need this new twist to muck things up even more.
From some magnetic pull she couldn't break, her gaze met his, and she found herself pinned motionless.
Her dread over this reaction to him spiked, adrenaline surging in an electric wave ev
